JANUARY 8, 2019, Groton, CT - The buzz of power tools echoed through a tent that provided workers relief from the blazing sun as they repaired the outer hull of the USS Virginia (SSN-774) last summer at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. Nearby, Fire Control Technician First Class Bryan Leeson explained some of the history of the 14-year-old vessel to … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2019
Army to Survey Family Housing Residents by Email Starting January 15th
JANUARY 7, 2019 - Residents of Family housing owned and leased by the Army will have a chance again to rate the quality of housing and housing services in 2019. The second online survey of about 10,000 residents living in Army-owned and Army-leased housing worldwide will be emailed Jan. 15. CEL & Associates Inc. will administer the survey for the Army. The email will be from … [Read more...]
Sustainable Energy Projects Help Army Garner Award
JANUARY 7, 2019 - A solar power plant with energy-storage capability that went online this year at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and a biofuel power plant at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, were among projects that helped the Army gain recognition in 2018 with an award from the Federal Energy Management Program. "This was recognition for a tremendous amount of teamwork," said … [Read more...]
Acting Defense Secretary Stresses National Defense Strategy
JANUARY 4, 2019 - Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan will use the National Defense Strategy as his blueprint moving forward, Pentagon officials said. Shanahan took over for James N. Mattis on Jan. 1. The acting secretary had served as the deputy defense secretary since July 2017. Before that, he was a senior executive at the Boeing Co. As deputy secretary, … [Read more...]
Army Wargames Shape the Future of Urban Warfare
JANUARY 4, 2019 - Civil unrest. Loss of communications. Narrow, congested roadways. No line of sight on the enemy. These are some of the conditions that shape the nature of fighting in dense urban areas now and into the future. But with technology and the world changing so rapidly, how will Soldiers operate? What weapons and equipment will they carry? Dozens of … [Read more...]